Seventeen-year time trend in poor self-rated health in older adults: Changing contributions of chronic diseases and disability

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 511-517

  Galenkamp, Henrike ^a   Braam, Arjan W ^a,b   Huisman, Martijn ^a,c   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Altrecht Mental Health Care ^*  (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878287935     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks031     Document Type: Article

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